Gigaton Tour

[4] However, on March 9, 2020, the band announced that the first leg of North American shows would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to reschedule them for a later date.

[24] The rescheduled tour started on May 3, 2022, at Viejas Arena in San Diego,[25] with the band paying tribute to Taylor Hawkins, who had died in March 2022.

[26] Four nights later, at Pearl Jam's second show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, drummer Matt Cameron led the band with a cover of the Foo Fighters' song "Cold Day in the Sun", which featured Hawkins on vocals.

[28] For the two shows at the Oakland Arena, Richard Stuverud and Josh Klinghoffer played the drums each night in Cameron's absence.

[32] The final two shows of the Spring tour, in Sacramento and Las Vegas, were both cancelled after bassist Jeff Ament also tested positive for COVID-19.

[43] However, lead singer Eddie Vedder damaged his throat from the impact of playing outdoors in Paris, due to the heat, dust and the smoke from nearby wildfires, with the show being cancelled.

[50] In September 2022, Pearl Jam returned to North America, performing shows in Canada and the United States that had originally been scheduled for 2020.

[52] Highlights from this leg included Pearl Jam's first-ever performance at the Apollo Theater as well as a Madison Square Garden show on the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

[62] However, due to planned renovations at Royal Farms Arena, the band's previously announced Baltimore show was cancelled.